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MOVIES
Shyamalan's Mouse Roars At Box-Office
Stuart Little , the story of an adopted mouse, opens at the top box-office position, bagging $  15.5 million this weekend.

BUSINESS
The Nemesis Of Junk Mail
With his Brightmail.com Sunil Paul hopes to have the spam problem licked. And now he plans to make anti-virus software too.

NEWS
Gordon Wilson's Son Charged With Sex Abuse
Judy Tyabji's former husband files a suit, claiming Mathew Wilson molested his daughter.

EVENT
South Asian Women's Conference In LA
The event will include workshops for the discussion of issues relevant to the immigrant and subsequent populations in the diaspora.

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Feeling Good About Being South Asian
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A Global Success Story
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Gurinder Chadha's Film To Open Sundance Film Festival
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Holy Options For A Happy New Year
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What Lies Between Earth And An Oscar
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Bofors papers submitted
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Dawood had agreed to
   surrender: Advani
Goa adds fizz to
   the millennium party
DMK, MDMK distinguish
   between BJP & Vajpayee
Walkout in Lok Sabha
   over quota for women
Freedom of Information Bill
   is ready, says Jaitley
Mulayam ignores Kalyan
Dong in Arunachal will
   herald millennium in India
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 Business
WTO-compliant Patents Bill
   tabled in the Upper House
Karnataka CM rules out
   shifting Cogentrix project
Andhra Pradesh begins work
   on dream B-school
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 Money
Trading strategy for the week
   ending December 26
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 Sports
Indians foxed by Cox
Kiwis win first Test
   against West Indies
North take the lead
   despite Jaffer's 173 n.o.
South Africa to play Tests
   at Bombay, Bangalore
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 The Columnists
Kuldip Nayar on
   Kashmir's alienation
Harsha Bhogle on the
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Daniel Laidlaw on
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